Cowboy Western #57

Stan Campbell's cover for this 1955 Charlton publication pulls you straight into the action, with a mounted cowboy swinging a lasso as two men are dragged through the snow beneath a rearing horse. Portrait medallions of Bill Hickok, Sheriff of Abilene, and Annie Oakley, Queen of Sharpshooters, frame the scene on the right, promising frontier adventure from two of the West's most celebrated figures. At just a dime, Cowboy Western #57 offers a lively snapshot of mid-1950s Western comics at their most energetic.